Title: The Manitou Post by: lester1/2jr on June 23, 2007, 09:33:24 AM wow (http://www.amazon.com/Manitou-Tony-Curtis/dp/B000LP6L2A)
What's so insane about this movie is how conventionally the director tells the story of a woman with a man growing on her back. You could really go crazy watching this. It's not "experimental" at all. the closest thing I could compare it too would be either "The Exorcist" or a shaw brothers horror like "seeding of a Ghost". I've never done PCP before but iI imagine it's sort of like this. a nightmare but an awesome nightmare. highest recommendation. Title: Re: The Manitou Post by: The Burgomaster on June 24, 2007, 07:30:39 AM I posted some comments about this a few months after I bought the DVD. Tony Curtis has no shame.
Title: Re: The Manitou Post by: Ash on June 24, 2007, 07:56:00 AM What "Wows' me about it Lester is the fact that you didn't know about Andrew's review.
http://www.badmovies.org/movies/manitou/index.html Tsk Tsk... Title: Re: The Manitou Post by: lester1/2jr on June 24, 2007, 08:56:07 AM I saw the review afterwards. i actually saw Soul Venegence the same evening and saw he had a review for that too. I liked it alot more than he.
I loved the movie but didn' t like Tony Curtis in the lead. I wonder if Susan Stassburg used the strassburg method when she was battling the manitou nude Title: Re: The Manitou Post by: Allhallowsday on March 26, 2015, 12:25:27 PM This incredibly ROTTEN movie THE MANITOU (1978) was on TCM this morning. I left it on, but only watched parts... I saw it like 35 years ago on cable and it was another one of those yech cable movies (like THE BROOD). I knew what I was in for, but the cast is amazing!!! ANN SOTHERN is in here! STELLA STEVENS... PAUL MANTEE (and his wife I guess)... TONY CURTIS SUSAN STRASBERG MICHAEL ANSARA (who is great as always)!!! Apparently ALL these actors were at the NADIR of their careers.
Andrew's review is hilarious...!!! I particularly enjoyed the sound-bytes. And that clip of SUSAN STRASBERG...she sure is enjoying herself! "Computers have souls and those spirits can give you the power to fire particle beams from your palms!" :bouncegiggle: The Manitou (1978) Trailer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZsh2x1P9nA#ws) Here is the whole damned movie and Andrew is right... could the credits be any longer for this ROTTEN movie???? Okay, okay there was a bit of hyperbole there, they are just over 3 minutes. THREE f**kING MINUTES!!! Really? To achieve... this??? The Manitou (1978) # english (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Nm2SN74guo#ws) Title: Re: The Manitou Post by: lester1/2jr on March 27, 2015, 08:35:05 AM I guess eleven spaces after a period and two sentence reviews were my steez in 2007. Now I've moved up to one space and 4 sentences.
I included this movie in my 5 Excellent Films http://lesterhalfjr.blogspot.com/2012/04/5-excellent-films.html (http://lesterhalfjr.blogspot.com/2012/04/5-excellent-films.html) along with Swept Away and Der Globolinks Title: Re: The Manitou Post by: Ed, Ego and Superego on March 30, 2015, 02:33:58 PM I have a real soft spot for this. It was a USA Up All Night/Night Flight feature, I think.
-Ed Title: Re: The Manitou Post by: Archivist on March 31, 2015, 06:56:59 PM The trailer for The Manitou looks like the bomb! I just might have to watch this. It's not based on the Graham Masterton book, is it?
Title: Re: The Manitou Post by: The Burgomaster on April 02, 2015, 02:45:29 PM The trailer for The Manitou looks like the bomb! I just might have to watch this. It's not based on the Graham Masterton book, is it? It is. The book is much better. Title: Re: The Manitou Post by: Archivist on April 03, 2015, 03:57:06 AM Oh! The tralier makes it look way too goofy to be a Masterton adaptation. I always think of Masterton books as being hyper-real, super gritty movies, more like the early Saw movies or similar. This looks like a cross between From Beyond (1986) and The Gate (1987), with a bit of Phantasm thrown in.
Title: Re: The Manitou Post by: Allhallowsday on April 03, 2015, 09:32:36 PM Oh! The tralier makes it look way too goofy to be a Masterton adaptation. I always think of Masterton books as being hyper-real, super gritty movies, more like the early Saw movies or similar. This looks like a cross between From Beyond (1986) and The Gate (1987), with a bit of Phantasm thrown in. THE MANITOU wishes it were as good as any of those. Title: Re: The Manitou Post by: Trevor on April 07, 2015, 06:09:08 AM In South Africa, sick bags were issued at the film's premiere. :teddyr: :teddyr:
Title: Re: The Manitou Post by: Allhallowsday on April 07, 2015, 03:41:15 PM In South Africa, sick bags were issued at the film's premiere. :teddyr: :teddyr: I suppose sick bags were an enticement. In THE MANITOU BURGESS MEREDITH (yup, him) asks if SUSAN STRASBERG is a "young woman" to which TONY CURTIS agrees... somewhere in there, too, her age is announced as "28"... She was 40. Andrew's sound bytes are wonderful! Title: Re: The Manitou Post by: lester1/2jr on April 07, 2015, 08:42:39 PM She was great in Scream of Fear (1961) b & w horror
Title: Re: The Manitou Post by: The Burgomaster on April 24, 2015, 04:01:46 PM In South Africa, sick bags were issued at the film's premiere. :teddyr: :teddyr: I wish I had one while I was watching the DVD. I could have filled it with vomit and thrown it at the TV screen. Title: Re: The Manitou Post by: Allhallowsday on April 24, 2015, 09:43:34 PM In South Africa, sick bags were issued at the film's premiere. :teddyr: :teddyr: I wish I had one while I was watching the DVD. I could have filled it with vomit and thrown it at the TV screen. Didn't care for it much? |